{"id":4029,"date":"2024-02-07T04:28:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcecc.10u.org\/about-us\/project-partner\/%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e8%80%81%e5%b9%b4%e5%ad%b8%e6%9c%83\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:59:28","slug":"residential-care-home-for-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foss.hku.hk\/jcecc\/en\/about-us\/project-partner\/residential-care-home-for-the-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Association of Gerontology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row bwd_tbc4vd_show_weekday=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;boxshadow mb-5&#8243;][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-51086ab5e06fb74fd\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-51086ab5e06fb74fd uvc-7229 txt fs18\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-51086ab5e06fb74fd h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Project Introduction<\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt fs18&#8243;]This project aims to enhance the capacity of the Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs) to be more willing, ready and able to provide quality palliative and end-of-life care in long term care settings. 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